#effort

It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

#art #beautiful #concentrated #effort #enough

Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#effort #essentially #good #her #make

In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#effort #empowerment #focus #games #life

The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

#been #effort #had #i #justified

We have to continue our efforts with determination. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#determination #efforts #our

Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#country #efforts #extremism #focusing #foreign

Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible. ↗

— Harry Reid

#country #dangerous #defeat #effort #help

The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts. ↗

— Rick Ross

#beforehand #best #better #cult #destructive

I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to make it so difficult for us to prove that it was Francis Bacon, because it is very difficult to prove. ↗

— Mark Rylance

#because #difficult #efforts #francis #francis bacon

To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#effort #friendship #happiness #spontaneity #friendship